Nelson's Journey

Since 1997, Nelson’s Journey has been supporting children and young people in Norfolk with their bereavement needs, helping to them to understand and cope with their feelings. The charity also supports professionals in the county who work with children, such as teachers and health workers, to help raise awareness of issues affecting bereaved children.

Nelson’s Journey’s vision is that every bereaved child in Norfolk will look forward to a positive future, empowered to reach their full potential.

Each child and young person will have their own bereavement support needs, and our service offer reflects that everyone is different. Our professional team reviews all Requests for Support forms, and will assess for the most appropriate service that we can offer for the child/young person’s own individual needs.

For deaths that are very recent, we may offer you help through our Early Support service. This is a telephone based service which helps families to understand and support a child’s needs in the early weeks and often before the funeral.

Many Requests for Support relate to deaths that have happened several months or years ago. In theses cases, we may offer either a parent/carer Telephone Support service to help families over a period of time; or we may offer a direct in-person service with the child/young person which could include 1:1 appointments and group based activities.